Sorry if i sounded uncooperative earlier - not intentional.
Dan and I have discussed it and agree that it'd be a good thing to enable adding fields to the biblio metaform, as the other tools do. Schedule permitting, Dan will address this - we'll bring it up with Robert and Brewster at Monday's books meeting, where priorities are set.
If it's difficult for libraries to update their MARC records quickly, may I suggest that the topic be included in the initial discussions with new agencies, when setting up the initial arrangements? Perhaps with some more lead time they'd be more likely to correct their records, so that what they're verbally asking us to do is consistent with what their records are instructing us to do. Even with the improved biblio tool, having to add the second language manually will still be prone to error.
Sorry if i sounded uncooperative earlier - not intentional.
Dan and I have discussed it and agree that it'd be a good thing to enable adding fields to the biblio metaform, as the other tools do. Schedule permitting, Dan will address this - we'll bring it up with Robert and Brewster at Monday's books meeting, where priorities are set.
If it's difficult for libraries to update their MARC records quickly, may I suggest that the topic be included in the initial discussions with new agencies, when setting up the initial arrangements? Perhaps with some more lead time they'd be more likely to correct their records, so that what they're verbally asking us to do is consistent with what their records are instructing us to do. Even with the improved biblio tool, having to add the second language manually will still be prone to error.